§ 12.20.070 INTERFERENCE WITH STREET TREES, ETC.; OVERHANGING LIMBS; PERMISSION REQUIRED.
   A.   No person, firm, partnership, or corporation shall cut, trim, prune, plant, remove, spray, injure or in any other manner interfere with any street tree within the city without first having secured the written permission of the Director of Maintenance Services. If the city is required to remove a tree placed in violation of this section or replace a tree damaged or removed in violation hereof, the responsible party will be billed for the costs incurred by the city.
   B.   It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or suffer to permit the branches of any tree to hang over the sidewalk or to cut down, girdle, destroy or remove any standing or growing tree or shrubbery or any ornament or improvement in any public street, alley or sidewalk within the city, without first obtaining written consent to do so from the Director of Maintenance Services.
('61 Code, § 20.66) (Ord. 943, passed - - )